The United Airlines flight from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday morning was in the air for a matter of seconds when a lithium-ion battery fire erupted in the cabin, authorities say.
The United Airlines flight from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport had been in the air for a matter of seconds Tuesday morning when the emergency erupted in its cabin, according to officials and data from the flight tracking siteSeven people reported injuries, four of whom were taken to a UC San Diego trauma facility, the San Diego Fire Department said.
United Airlines indicated in a statement that all or nearly all of the hospitalized people are crew members who might have put themselves in harm’s way to address the fire. The employees were hospitalized as a precaution, it said. The airline said the battery pack belonged to a customer. Its crew members"acted quickly to contain the device," United said. The fire department also credited crew members with preventing the fire's spread to the plane itself.
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